Garment hanging device



-Sept. I 1937. D JOHNSON 2,092,121

GARMENT HANGING DEVICE Original Filed July 12, 1954 IN VENTOR.

d ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 7, 1937' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 734,866,- July 12,1934. vember18, 1936, Serial This application No- No. 111,539

This application is a refile for abandoned application No. 734,866,filed July 12, 1934.

This invention relates to a garment hanging device. I

When suspending clothes hangers on a clothes line the natural tendencyof the hanger is to slide towards the center of the-line due to thecentral portion of the line being 'on a lower planethan the ends. Theresult is that the center of the line is crowded together with hangerswhile the ends thereof cannot be utilized. It is therefore the object ofthe invention to provide a garment hanging'device having flexible leavesfor gripping the line and thus preventing any sliding movement.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment hanging deviceadapted to be suspended from a clothes line and so arranged that thesuspended weighted cam means bearing on the device will cause the freeends thereof to flex and grip the line.

Other objects of the invention will appearas the disclosure progresses.The drawing is intended to merely indicate a possible embodiment I ofthe invention. It is obvious that the actual needs of manufacture maynecessitate certain mechanical changes. It is therefore not intended tolimit the invention to the embodiment illustratedbut rather to definesuch limits in the appended claims. For a more general understanding ofthe invention attention is called to the drawing in which Figure 1 is afront view of the clothes hanger support constructed in accordance withmy invention.

Figure 2 is a side view thereof and Figure 3 is a modified form of thedevice.

Referring to the drawing in detail, numeral i designates the clothesline, 2 the clothes hanger and3 the garment hanging device which is thesubject of this invention. The device is preferably made from one pieceof strap material and comprises a curved top 4, a restricted neckportion 5 and flexible-leaves 6 and 1 disposed at an angle to eachother. Numeral 8 designates a hole in each of the leaves through whichpasses the hook 9 of the clothes hanger.

When the hanger carries its usual load of clothes the weighted cam means9 will have a tendency to bring the bottom ends of the leaves 6 and Itogether and thereby firmly grip the clothes line and prevent any sideslipping. of the device on the line. The weighted cam means consists ofthe book 9 for bringing the bottom ends of the leaves 6 and 1 together,the clothes hanger! and the clothes (not shown) carried by the saidhanger. Also the ends of the leaves can be manually pressed together andthe curved hook plus the weight of the clothes will prevent the leavesfrom moving apart by themselves or until the weight is lifted.

In Figure 3 is shown a modified form of the device in which numeral 1 lldesignates the curved top, H the restricted neck portion and I2 theflexible outwardly converging leaves. The lower portion l3 of the leavesare thinner than the upper portion l4 so as to make them more flexible.Also the portions l3 flare outwardly at a greater angle than theportions l4. With this arrangement the support can be used on bothrelatively thick and thin clothes lines. For instance, the space l5 canaccommodate relatively heavy lines while the space 16 can accommodaterelatively light lines.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a novel, simple andinexpensive device to support clothes hangers and keep them in flxedposition on a clothes line. The weight of the clothes will wedge theline between the leaves and prevent any side movement of the supportthus making it possible to utilize the entire length of the clothes lineand especially the ends thereof.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a garment hanging device of the class described, a single piece ofstrap iron comprising a curved top, a restricted neck portion at thelower end of the said'curved top, flexible leaves diverging outwardlyfrom said restricted neck portion adapted to grip a clothes line, saidleaves being straight throughout their entire length and provided withholes at their lower ends, said holes being in alignment with eachother, and weighted cam means passing through said holes and adapted tourge said flexible leaves together.

2. In a garment hanging device of the class described, a single piece ofstrap iron comprising a curved top, a restricted neck portion at thelower end of the said curved top, flexible leaves diverging outwardlyfrom said restricted neck portion and adapted to grip a clothes line,said leaves being thicker at their upper portions than at their lowerportions, the thinner portions converging at a greater angle than thethicker portions, the lower ends of said leaves provided with holes,said holes being in alignment with each other, and weighted cam meanspassing through said holes and adapted to urge said flexible leavestogether.

3. In r garment hanging device of the class described, a single piece ofstrap iron comprising a. curved top," a'restricted neck portion at thevided with holes, said holes being in alignment with each other, andweighted cam means pming through said holes and adapted to urge saidflexible leaves together.

4. In a garment hanging device oi the class eescribeda single piece' ofstrap iron comprising a. curved-top, a restricted neck portion atthelower and of the said curved top; the inner sides oi said restrictedneckportion being in contact with eachbther, flexible-cleaves divergingout-a wardl'y from said restricted neck portion and adapted to grip aclothes line, said leaves provided with holes at theirlower ends, saidholes being in alignment with each other, and weighted cam means passingthrough said holes and n adapted to urge said flexible leaves together.

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